Brookfield Engineering, located in Middleboro, Mass., USA, will offer courses this fall and winter designed to help laboratory operators get better test results. Three courses will be offered at Brookfield's facility and at major metropolitan areas including San Francisco, Calif., USA, Greenville, S.C., USA, Memphis, Tenn., USA and Denver, Colo., USA.

Courses will include practical courses on texture analysis and viscosity measurements and an applied course on viscosity measurements. According to the company, the courses will offer easy to understand concepts and terms in addition to providing hands on training. The courses begin September 12, 2006 and run until November 16, 2006. In addition to the scheduled courses, Brookfield has offered the opportunity for the courses to be conducted at customer facilities where content can be adapted to specific product applications.